Gone and Late

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Gone adjective - No longer living.

Usage example: doctors came to the waiting room to give the sad news that the operation hadn't been successful and the heart patient was gone

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Late is a synonym for gone in live topic. In some cases you can use "Late" instead an adjective "Gone".

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Late adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

Usage example: the late musical director said he would never have allowed such behavior while he was in charge

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Gone is a synonym for late in live topic. You can use "Gone" instead an adjective "Late", if it concerns topics such as dead, not on time.

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

And when an inexperienced general-purpose bot named Asimov discovers that one of the humans has gone brain-dead, he must solve the mystery before it's too late.Mr.

Source: Video Game / Mr. Robot
Skeleton Government: The United States government in late 2034 with the Vice President dead, half of the Supreme court wiped out, most of Congress gone, and the President briefly insane.

Source: Literature / The Dawn of a System
Late to the Tragedy: Everyone's already dead and the monsters are gone.

Source: Video Game / Viscera Cleanup Detail

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